hi allison- what great videos and it made me feel good to see that I am relatively clutter free and organized. One thing I still struggle with is I am a beadwork artist for 35 years and the beads are a real challenge to organize (forget those little containers they are too hard to get the beads out of when you bead as much as I do) I suffice to organize them in trays by color…another thing I have a hard time organizing is the stuff IN MY COMPUTER, since I still struggle with tech stuff so I take the long approach to deleting things and i always think i might need them later(i don’t even know how to burn a CD) i know i can sit and try and learn.
ONE THING I’d like to point out is I am very organized because A) I have moved alot and B) I live in Florida now and been through hurricanes galore and a true Floridan ALWAYS has the core important things in tupperware and whittled down to what can be put in ones vehicle should one need to flee. which I did once so i know what it is like to really have to make those tough decisions on what one REALLY NEEDS.I’ve gotten some useful nuggets of info from your videos and I enjoy how clear and concise your presentation of this subject which BTW is SOOOO connected to emotion.Here’s a question (although I am fortunate that my boyfriend stores all his stuff at his mom’s) What do people do if their companion is a packrat and has so much emotion tied with their things (my sister) that the other person with a small amount of organized stuff (my brother in law) gets aggravated?
This is what I did when I moved my office to my home. I didn’t use banker’s boxes initially as part of the sorting process, which would have been so much easier, but I did sort papers into about ten stacks. At the end, I put each stack into banker’s boxes, carefully labelled, and stacked them along the wall going up the stairway to my living space. Well, the boxes are still there, but this sorting/labeling system really works. Many times I have had to retrieve some document from long ago, and I can see exactly which box to open to find it. It helps that I am a visual person, because I ran out of time near the end of the move and I had to heave some things into boxes. Those boxes are labeled “top right desk drawer” or “books on top of credenza” or whatever area the stuff formerly occupied in my office. Because I am so visual, I can still “see” my things as they were in my office and can go right to the box labeled with that location. Works for me!!!
Hi Alison!
I’m happy to report that I used your 10-minute miracle (from Video 2) today and made a satisfying dent in one of my boxes of clutter
Thank you for the insight about sorting + creating your systems FIRST, then buying the most appropriate container SECOND. It seems so obvious now that you’ve said it out loud!
Your videos are certainly motivating — how weird to finally feel excited about organizing (rather than have a sense of dread) — thank you!
~ Janelle
Sunday, Garage Sale, thanks to you Alison. I watched this video and got inspired to start clearing out my home office. My sweetie saw me and must have caught the bug, because he started pulling things out of the garage. Sunday morning he burst into the bedroom while I was still waking up and said “we’re having a garage sale!”. He had already posted it on Craigs List, and we both started hauling our newly sorted “give away/sell” items out to the driveway. We agreed at the end of the day that it felt so GREAT to clear the clutter, the house felt lighter, we felt lighter, energized even though we’d worked hard. And it all started with your video. THANK YOU sweetness!
I love the concept of doing this in layers. I’ve recently started to do the same approach to other parts of my life. It has helped me so much in getting unstuck! Thanks Alison
hi allison- what great videos and it made me feel good to see that I am relatively clutter free and organized. One thing I still struggle with is I am a beadwork artist for 35 years and the beads are a real challenge to organize (forget those little containers they are too hard to get the beads out of when you bead as much as I do) I suffice to organize them in trays by color…another thing I have a hard time organizing is the stuff IN MY COMPUTER, since I still struggle with tech stuff so I take the long approach to deleting things and i always think i might need them later(i don’t even know how to burn a CD) i know i can sit and try and learn.
ONE THING I’d like to point out is I am very organized because A) I have moved alot and B) I live in Florida now and been through hurricanes galore and a true Floridan ALWAYS has the core important things in tupperware and whittled down to what can be put in ones vehicle should one need to flee. which I did once so i know what it is like to really have to make those tough decisions on what one REALLY NEEDS.I’ve gotten some useful nuggets of info from your videos and I enjoy how clear and concise your presentation of this subject which BTW is SOOOO connected to emotion.Here’s a question (although I am fortunate that my boyfriend stores all his stuff at his mom’s) What do people do if their companion is a packrat and has so much emotion tied with their things (my sister) that the other person with a small amount of organized stuff (my brother in law) gets aggravated?
[Reply]
This is what I did when I moved my office to my home. I didn’t use banker’s boxes initially as part of the sorting process, which would have been so much easier, but I did sort papers into about ten stacks. At the end, I put each stack into banker’s boxes, carefully labelled, and stacked them along the wall going up the stairway to my living space. Well, the boxes are still there, but this sorting/labeling system really works. Many times I have had to retrieve some document from long ago, and I can see exactly which box to open to find it. It helps that I am a visual person, because I ran out of time near the end of the move and I had to heave some things into boxes. Those boxes are labeled “top right desk drawer” or “books on top of credenza” or whatever area the stuff formerly occupied in my office. Because I am so visual, I can still “see” my things as they were in my office and can go right to the box labeled with that location. Works for me!!!
[Reply]
Hi Alison!
I’m happy to report that I used your 10-minute miracle (from Video 2) today and made a satisfying dent in one of my boxes of clutter
Thank you for the insight about sorting + creating your systems FIRST, then buying the most appropriate container SECOND. It seems so obvious now that you’ve said it out loud!
Your videos are certainly motivating — how weird to finally feel excited about organizing (rather than have a sense of dread) — thank you!
~ Janelle
[Reply]
Sunday, Garage Sale, thanks to you Alison. I watched this video and got inspired to start clearing out my home office. My sweetie saw me and must have caught the bug, because he started pulling things out of the garage. Sunday morning he burst into the bedroom while I was still waking up and said “we’re having a garage sale!”. He had already posted it on Craigs List, and we both started hauling our newly sorted “give away/sell” items out to the driveway. We agreed at the end of the day that it felt so GREAT to clear the clutter, the house felt lighter, we felt lighter, energized even though we’d worked hard. And it all started with your video. THANK YOU sweetness!
[Reply]
I love the concept of doing this in layers. I’ve recently started to do the same approach to other parts of my life. It has helped me so much in getting unstuck! Thanks Alison
[Reply]